NEMO webinar on how museums can use the Sustainable Development Goals

Henry McGhie’s webinar Using the Sustainable Development Goals in Museums from 27 November 2019 has been added to NEMO’s library of webinars.

The webinar explores the background of the SDGs and what they aim to achieve; why all museums should connect with them; the benefits of doing so; and the main ways they can incorporate the SDGs into their planning, activity and reporting, across all areas of their activity.

The webinar draws on a recent guide that Henry McGhie has put together for museums on the SDGs. The SDGs apply to all sectors and all countries, so this webinar should be of relevance to museums workers anywhere, and in museums of any kind.

Help Henry make a difference now already and participate in his short survey on climate change-related work during 2016-2019, as part of a global stocktake: https://bit.ly/2m03Pdm.

Watch the NEMO Webinar with Herny McGhie.

Henry McGhie has set up Curating Tomorrow to help museums and their partners enhance their contributions to creating a sustainable future. He has recently written a guide for museums on how to get started with the SDGs. Henry has had a lifelong passion for nature, and worked in museums for nearly two decades, with an interest in using museums ‘to the max’. He has helped broker partnerships between researchers, museums and policy workers, including with the United Nations. He is a member of the Sustainability Working Group established by ICOM in 2018, the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication, and the Education, Communication and Outreach Stakeholders recognised by UNFCCC. He was involved in getting museums recognised as key sites for climate change education and action in the Workplan for the Paris Climate Change Agreement in 2018. He is the author and editor of three books on climate change communication, and the history of ornithology.

NEMO was invited to join the panel “Museums and the Future We Want”, which took place online on 26 May 2020. The panel was part of the Russian “International Forum Museum Guide” and focused on museums and sustainable development...